{"id":1388,"date":"2012-02-18T22:56:55","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T22:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2013-08-02T01:04:14","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T01:04:14","slug":"ants-miseretto-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1388","title":{"rendered":"Ants Miseretto part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/a>OK, back to work – I’ve decided the area between the blue arrows (above) needs something to formalize the transition between the handle and the blade.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I’ll address the area by using a small sanding drum in my Foredom flex shaft grinder and add a waist on the top and bottom, then texture the entire area, top, bottom and sides.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>In the first image above, I’ve marked where I’m gong to engrave lines to mark a smooth demarcation between the textured area and the smooth part of the blade. \u00a0Below that I have engraved the lines, and the bottom is just an enlargement of the cuts. \u00a0I will cut away half of those lines, leaving the edges to the left untouched (I hope…).<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>Above is the knife in my engraver’s vise with my Lindsay Palm Control Airgraver I used for engraving the lines.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>Here I’ve begun carving away the surface at the blue arrow (leaving the blade-side half of the line untouched). \u00a0I’m using my NSK micromotor grinder and the large carbide burr you see to the right.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove, I’ve begun making my “scribble” texture. \u00a0I start by outlining the edges and corners (leaving half of the engraved lines intact)\u00a0with a scribbled texture using the smallest of the three burrs I’ve been using for the carving. \u00a0Then I gradually fill the interior with the scribbled texture. \u00a0In this image, I’ve completed the area at the top, as well as all of the outlines.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>Here are all of the surfaces with their completed scribble textures, including the sides of the waist. \u00a0I also engraved my signature in a small reserve on one side. \u00a0I have to add my signature now before heat treating the blade, because this area will be far too hard to engrave after the blade is hardened.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Above, I’ve cold blued the blade prior to heat treating, mainly to see what it will look like when finished.<\/p>\n

I’ll also add a coating of boric acid to the areas to be hardened to keep oxygen away from the steel while heating the blade prior to hardening. \u00a0The boric acid will melt and form a kind of glass covering. \u00a0Oxygen at those high temperatures (we’re talking glowing hot!) will burn carbon out of the blade, called decarburation, and reduce the ability to harden the steel, especially in the thin areas like the cutting edges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OK, back to work – I’ve decided the area between the blue arrows (above) needs something to formalize the transition between the handle and the blade. I’ll address the area by using a small sanding drum in my Foredom flex … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5,27],"tags":[8,3,7,4,26],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-mo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3260,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3260","url_meta":{"origin":1388,"position":0},"title":"William Henry “Engraved Longhorn Beetle Knife” Part 4","date":"July 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, I carved the rotten wood at the back end of the scale. \u00a0Above, you can see the basic carving with small carbide burs. \u00a0The only direct engraving I've done at this point are\u00a0the original cuts I made at the start, establishing an indelible pattern. 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